Traditional Chinese medicine poisoning in the emergency departments in Hong Kong: Trend, clinical presentation and predictors for poor outcome

Rex Pui Kin Lam^{1

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3}, Eric Ho Yin Lau⁴, Wai Lam Yip², Joe Kai Shing Leung³, Matthew Sik Hon Tsui²

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Medicine Unit, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Accident and Emergency Department, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
³ Accident and Emergency Department, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
⁴ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Rex Pui Kin Lam et al. World J Emerg Med. 2021.

. 2021;12(2):143-150.

doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2021.02.010.

Rex Pui Kin Lam^{1

2

3}, Eric Ho Yin Lau⁴, Wai Lam Yip², Joe Kai Shing Leung³, Matthew Sik Hon Tsui²

¹ Emergency Medicine Unit, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Accident and Emergency Department, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
³ Accident and Emergency Department, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
⁴ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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